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Clickless vs influencer discount codes, when a code isn’t the whole sale.
An influencer discount code is a coupon a creator shares. The brand pays that creator commission on sales that use the code. A Clickless Product Expert answers the shopper, applies the deal and hands off to the brand’s own checkout, and the sale is traced to the ad, comment or link that started it. Clickless never takes payment or holds goods. Web chat at the agent’s own link is live today. Instagram comment replies are rolling out once Meta approves Clickless for comments. Texts are rolling out: waiting on our texting provider’s approval.
A conversation, then checkout
It answers the question, applies the deal and sends the shopper to the brand’s own checkout.
Traced to what started it
Each sale is traced to the ad, comment or link that opened the chat.
Paid on sales
Brands pay on sales, with no setup fee and no monthly fee. Creators keep 80% of the commission Clickless receives.
Side by side
Clickless and influencer discount codes, row by row.
| What | Clickless Product Expert | Influencer discount codesA category; programs vary |
|---|---|---|
| What the shopper does | A Product Expert answers questions, applies the deal and hands off to the brand’s own checkout. | The shopper uses a discount code a creator shared, usually by typing it at the brand’s checkout. |
| Answers product questions | Yes. It answers from the brand’s site and catalog, or from the products a creator approves. A creator’s Product Expert says it earns a commission before any link. | A code doesn’t answer a question. Any explanation is in the creator’s own post. |
| How a sale is traced | The sale is traced to the ad, comment or link that opened the chat. An order can also match the agent’s own discount code, within 60 days of the offer being shown, or, for a sale from an ad, within 7 days of the ad click by default. | The code on the order is how the brand knows which creator to credit. |
| Checkout | The brand’s own checkout, with the deal applied. The brand charges and ships. Clickless never takes payment or holds goods. | The shopper checks out on the brand’s site. The brand charges and ships. |
| How it’s shared | Creators share their link, from an ad, a bio, an email or a QR code. Texts are rolling out: waiting on our texting provider’s approval. They agree not to post the agent’s discount code outside the agent, including on coupon sites. | The creator posts the code where people will see it, such as a caption, a story, a video or a bio. Anyone who has the code can use it. |
| What a brand pays | Its own Product Expert: only out of what it saves the brand, 30% of the incremental savings on each sale for founding brands, $0 if it doesn’t beat the agreed cost per purchase. No setup fee, no monthly fee. Another agent’s sale: the brand’s commission (5% or more) plus the fee on creator sales, 15% of the commission. Nothing extra through an affiliate network. | Commission on sales that use that creator’s code, at the rate the brand and creator agreed. Programs vary. |
| What a creator keeps | 80% of the commission Clickless receives. On a network offer, 80% of what the network pays Clickless. Brands pay the fee on creator sales, not the creator. | The commission the brand agreed to pay on sales that use their code. |
| When earnings are paid | Payouts are rolling out. Until then, earnings wait in the balance. Paid only from money the brand or network has actually paid Clickless, after the return window. Direct brands clear in about two weeks; network offers on the network’s cycle. | Whenever that brand pays the creator. Timing varies by program. |
What the shopper does
- Clickless
A Product Expert answers questions, applies the deal and hands off to the brand’s own checkout.
- Influencer codes
The shopper uses a discount code a creator shared, usually by typing it at the brand’s checkout.
Answers product questions
- Clickless
Yes. It answers from the brand’s site and catalog, or from the products a creator approves. A creator’s Product Expert says it earns a commission before any link.
- Influencer codes
A code doesn’t answer a question. Any explanation is in the creator’s own post.
How a sale is traced
- Clickless
The sale is traced to the ad, comment or link that opened the chat. An order can also match the agent’s own discount code, within 60 days of the offer being shown, or, for a sale from an ad, within 7 days of the ad click by default.
- Influencer codes
The code on the order is how the brand knows which creator to credit.
Checkout
- Clickless
The brand’s own checkout, with the deal applied. The brand charges and ships. Clickless never takes payment or holds goods.
- Influencer codes
The shopper checks out on the brand’s site. The brand charges and ships.
How it’s shared
- Clickless
Creators share their link, from an ad, a bio, an email or a QR code. Texts are rolling out: waiting on our texting provider’s approval. They agree not to post the agent’s discount code outside the agent, including on coupon sites.
- Influencer codes
The creator posts the code where people will see it, such as a caption, a story, a video or a bio. Anyone who has the code can use it.
What a brand pays
- Clickless
Its own Product Expert: only out of what it saves the brand, 30% of the incremental savings on each sale for founding brands, $0 if it doesn’t beat the agreed cost per purchase. No setup fee, no monthly fee. Another agent’s sale: the brand’s commission (5% or more) plus the fee on creator sales, 15% of the commission. Nothing extra through an affiliate network.
- Influencer codes
Commission on sales that use that creator’s code, at the rate the brand and creator agreed. Programs vary.
What a creator keeps
- Clickless
80% of the commission Clickless receives. On a network offer, 80% of what the network pays Clickless. Brands pay the fee on creator sales, not the creator.
- Influencer codes
The commission the brand agreed to pay on sales that use their code.
When earnings are paid
- Clickless
Payouts are rolling out. Until then, earnings wait in the balance. Paid only from money the brand or network has actually paid Clickless, after the return window. Direct brands clear in about two weeks; network offers on the network’s cycle.
- Influencer codes
Whenever that brand pays the creator. Timing varies by program.
Where influencer discount codes fit
- The creator already shares a code, and the brand pays commission on orders that use it.
- Shoppers who want a short code they can type at checkout later, including in another browser.
- A caption, a podcast or a video description, where the code is the whole ask.
- The brand already runs one code per creator in its own store and counts redemptions of that code.
Use both
Keep creator codes where a short code is what people expect. Point ads, bio links and shopping questions at a Product Expert: the offer is applied at the brand’s checkout, and the sale is traced to the ad, comment or link that started the chat. Web chat is live today. Instagram comment replies are rolling out once Meta approves Clickless for comments. Texts are rolling out: waiting on our texting provider’s approval.
Questions people ask
Can a brand keep its influencer discount codes?
Yes. A code still counts the sales that use it. A Product Expert is there for the questions, the offer and the handoff to the brand’s own checkout. A brand can keep codes for posts and send ads and shopping questions to a Product Expert.
Does a Product Expert still have a discount code?
Yes. Each agent can have its own discount code in the brand’s store, and an order can be credited when it carries the conversation’s token or redeems that code, within 60 days of the agent showing the offer. A sale from an ad counts for 7 days after the ad click, by default. Creators agree not to post that code outside the agent, including on coupon sites, so the code is not what they put in a caption. One order is credited to one agent at most.
What does a brand pay, and what does a creator keep?
A brand pays only out of what its own Product Expert saves it: 30% of the incremental savings on each sale for founding brands, $0 if it doesn’t beat the agreed cost per purchase. Free setup, no monthly fee. When a creator’s or another agent’s Product Expert makes the sale, the brand pays its commission (5% or more) plus the fee on creator sales (15% of that commission), and nothing extra through an affiliate network. A creator keeps 80% of the commission Clickless receives, or 80% of what the network pays Clickless on a network offer. Brands pay the fee on creator sales, not the creator. Recommending brands on Clickless is free, and no following is needed. Payouts are rolling out: on Fridays through Stripe Connect Express, once a balance reaches $25 ($10 on the last Friday of a quarter), and only from money the brand or network has paid Clickless. Until then, earnings wait in the balance. Direct brands clear in about two weeks; network offers on the network’s cycle.
Where can a shopper reach a Product Expert?
Web chat at its own link is live, from an ad, a link in a bio, an email or a QR code, and it answers Instagram DMs and story replies from the owner’s own account. Comment replies follow once Meta approves Clickless for comments. Texts are rolling out: waiting on our texting provider’s approval.
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